Photography for Lifestyle Bloggers

A photography course for lifestyle bloggers who want to get noticed online.

: light, exposure, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, composition, editing, copyright, royalty free images, and using images on social media. 

 Lifestyle bloggers (family, craft, design, personal, travel) who know they need eye catching images for their blog and for social media, but are disappointed with the photographs they are taking at the moment.

A DSLR, or camera with manual controls.

: Emma Davies - shortlisted 2016 International Garden Photographer of the Year, blogger and teacher. (Find me online: @EmmaDaviesPhoto.)

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MODULE 1

- Workbook

- Video 1: Flatlay, styling and composition

- Video 2: Light

- Video 3: Tabletop studio setup

- Video 4: What is exposure?

- Video 5: The exposure triangle

- Video 6: Introduction to aperture

- Video 7: Copyright for bloggers

- Video 8: Finding royalty free images online

MODULE 2

- Workbook

- "Why Do I Blog" worksheet

- Social media strategy worksheets & ladders

- Video 9: Aperture, blurring the background

- Video 10: File formats

- Video 11: Microblogging

- Video 12: Creating shareable blog posts

- Video 13: Secrets of a shareable image

- Video 14: What to share?

- Video 15: Introduction to Instagram & Twitter

- Video 16: Introduction to Facebook & Pinterest

MODULE 3

- Workbook

- Video 17: Basic edits

- Video 18: Advanced edits

- Video 19: Shutter speed

- Video 20: Optimising images for search and speed

- Video 21: Image resolution, the essentials

MODULE 4

- Workbook

- Video 22: Single focal point

- Video 23: Basic composition

- Video 24: Advanced composition

- Video 25: Background

- Video 26: Viewpoint

- Video 27: Focus

- Video 28: Adding text to images

- Video 29: Watermarking

- Video 30: Bonus video - how to style a shoot